The Federal Government has announced that the evacuation of Nigerians from other countries over COVID-19 would end on August 22,2020.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made the announcement during a press briefing on Monday.
He noted that the UAE,Egypt and US have made known their intentions to repatriate Nigerians convicted and pardoned and paroled in their countries.
“Coming in the midst of our national response to COVID-19, all relevant agencies of government are taking multi-sector steps to ensure that the process remains within acceptable international protocols and in line with bilateral agreements.
“For the purpose of clarity, this should be distinguished from the normal evacuation flights and we wish to state that all evacuation flights will end on August 22, 2020, after which the airports will be given sufficient time to prepare for reopening.
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“The PTF has continued to observe noticeable decline in fatalities, high discharge rates and consistent under 500 daily cases for the past weeks in spite of the huge increase in testing capacity and increase in the number of daily tests conducted.
“However, the nation has not attained the desired level that would enable the PTF to make conclusive statements on the rate of infection in the country.
“We must, therefore, continue to do that which is giving us record improvements and desist from actions capable of undermining our successes,” he said.
